CN213880010U

CN213880010U - Camera and electronic product with same

Info

Publication number: CN213880010U
Application number: CN202120191676.9U
Authority: CN
Inventors: 索小波
Original assignee: Vivo Mobile Communication Co Ltd
Current assignee: Vivo Mobile Communication Co Ltd
Priority date: 2021-01-22
Filing date: 2021-01-22
Publication date: 2021-08-03
Anticipated expiration: 2031-01-22

Abstract

The application discloses camera and have its electronic product. The camera comprises a bracket; the lens is fixedly arranged on the first side of the bracket; the first circuit board is positioned on the second side of the bracket; an image sensor; the image sensor is arranged on the spacing adjusting component, and the spacing adjusting component is used for adjusting the distance between the image sensor and the lens; the flexible circuit board is bent and extended, and the first circuit board is electrically connected with the image sensor through the flexible circuit board. The camera of this application is focusing in-process, and flexible circuit board can take place deformation along with image sensor's removal, and then realizes when changing the distance between image sensor and the first circuit board, has guaranteed to have stable electricity between the image sensor of frequent removal and the fixed first circuit board and is connected.

Description

Camera and electronic product with same

Technical Field

The application relates to the technical field of communication equipment, in particular to a camera and an electronic product with the same.

Background

Focusing of a camera on an existing electronic product such as a mobile phone is generally achieved by a mode that a voice coil motor pushes a lens to move far and near, however, a coil can be mounted on the lens and a motor magnet matched with the coil is arranged on a shell in the mode, the shoulder height of a camera module is high in the mode, the camera is stacked in the thickness direction, the camera is developed to a large-bottom high pixel, the weight of the lens can be greatly increased, and for achieving larger thrust, the motor needs more coils and larger magnets, so that stacking of the camera in the thickness direction is more serious. In the prior art, the lens is fixed, and the distance between the image sensor and the lens is adjusted to solve the above problems, but the image sensor which moves frequently needs to be electrically connected with a fixed circuit board, so that the connection between the connecting piece and the image sensor and the circuit board is unreliable, and the electrical connection between the image sensor and the circuit board is unstable.

SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL

The embodiment of the application aims to provide a camera and an electronic product with the same, which can solve the problem that the electrical connection between a frequently moving image sensor and a fixed circuit board is unstable.

In order to solve the technical problem, the present application is implemented as follows:

in a first aspect, an embodiment of the present application provides a camera, including:

the support is internally provided with a through accommodating space;

the lens is fixedly arranged on the first side of the bracket;

a first circuit board located on the second side of the bracket;

an image sensor;

the distance adjusting assembly is arranged in the accommodating space, the image sensor is arranged on the distance adjusting assembly and is opposite to the lens, and the distance adjusting assembly is used for adjusting the distance between the image sensor and the lens;

the flexible circuit board is bent and extended, and the first circuit board is electrically connected with the image sensor through the flexible circuit board.

In a second aspect, an embodiment of the present application provides an electronic product, including the camera described in the first aspect.

The technical scheme adopted by the embodiment of the application can achieve the following beneficial effects:

the camera that this application embodiment provided adopts the mode that image sensor removed to realize focusing, and at the in-process of focusing, flexible circuit board can take place deformation along with image sensor's removal, and then realizes when changing the distance between image sensor and the first circuit board, has guaranteed to have stable electricity between the image sensor of frequent removal and the fixed first circuit board and is connected.

Drawings

Fig. 1 is an exploded view of a camera according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG. 2 is an enlarged view of a portion of FIG. 1;

fig. 3 is a top view of a camera provided in an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 4 is a front view of a camera provided in an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 5 is a cross-sectional view A-A of FIG. 2;

FIG. 6 is a cross-sectional view taken along line B-B of FIG. 2;

FIG. 7 is a cross-sectional view taken at C-C of FIG. 3;

fig. 8 is a schematic non-operating state diagram of a camera provided in an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 9 is a schematic view of an operating state of a camera provided in an embodiment of the present application.

Description of reference numerals:

1. a support; 2. a lens; 3. a first circuit board; 4. an image sensor; 5. a spacing adjustment assembly; 51. a carrier plate; 52. a coil; 53. a permanent magnet; 6. a flexible circuit board; 61. a first fixed part; 62. a second fixed part; 621. a clamping piece; 63. a connecting portion; 7. a connecting wire; 8. a limiting structure; 9. and (3) a filter.

Detailed Description

The technical solutions in the embodiments of the present application will be clearly and completely described below with reference to the drawings in the embodiments of the present application, and it is obvious that the described embodiments are some, but not all, embodiments of the present application. All other embodiments, which can be derived by a person skilled in the art from the embodiments given herein without making any creative effort, shall fall within the protection scope of the present application.

The terms first, second and the like in the description and in the claims of the present application are used for distinguishing between similar elements and not necessarily for describing a particular sequential or chronological order. It will be appreciated that the data so used may be interchanged under appropriate circumstances such that embodiments of the application may be practiced in sequences other than those illustrated or described herein, and that the terms "first," "second," and the like are generally used herein in a generic sense and do not limit the number of terms, e.g., the first term can be one or more than one. In addition, "and/or" in the specification and claims means at least one of connected objects, a character "/" generally means that a preceding and succeeding related objects are in an "or" relationship.

In the description of the present invention, it should be noted that, unless otherwise explicitly specified or limited, the terms "mounted," "connected," and "connected" are to be construed broadly, e.g., as meaning either a fixed connection, a removable connection, or an integral connection; can be mechanically or electrically connected; they may be connected directly or indirectly through intervening media, or they may be interconnected between two elements. The specific meanings of the above terms in the present invention can be understood in specific cases to those skilled in the art.

Technical solutions disclosed in the embodiments of the present application are described in detail below with reference to fig. 1 to 9. Referring to fig. 1, 3 and 4, an embodiment of the present application provides a camera including a holder 1, a lens 2, a first circuit board 3, an image sensor 4, a spacing adjustment assembly 5, and at least one flexible circuit board 6. The middle part of the bracket 1 is provided with an accommodating space which is communicated up and down and is used for accommodating part of components of the camera and serving as a light path; the lens 2 is fixedly arranged on the first side of the bracket 1, and specifically, the lens 2 is fixedly arranged on the upper end surface of the bracket 1 and is used for collecting light; the first circuit board 3 is located at the second side of the bracket 1, specifically, the first circuit board 3 is arranged on the lower end surface of the bracket 1, and the first circuit board 3 may be connected with the bracket 1 or not connected with the bracket 1 and is used for transmitting electric energy and signals; the distance adjusting assembly 5 is arranged in the accommodating space, the image sensor 4 is arranged on the distance adjusting assembly 5, the image sensor 4 is arranged opposite to the lens 2, and the image sensor 4 can receive light rays collected by the lens 2 and form images; the distance between the image sensor 4 and the lens 2 can be adjusted by the distance adjusting component 5, so that focusing of a camera is realized, and the distance between the image sensor 4 and the lens 2 can be adjusted by the distance adjusting component 5 through a mechanical structure or an electromagnetic structure.

The flexible circuit board 6 is bent and extended, including that the flexible circuit board 6 is bent, extended and folded at a certain angle, for example, the flexible circuit board 6 is spiral or in a shape like a Chinese character 'hui' which is stacked in multiple layers, the first circuit board 3 is electrically connected with the image sensor 4 through the flexible circuit board 6, that is, the flexible circuit board 6 has a first end and a second end for connection, the first end and the second end are communicated through a circuit in the flexible circuit board, the first end of the flexible circuit board 6 is electrically connected with the first circuit board 3, and the second end of the flexible circuit board 6 is electrically connected with the image sensor 4; the flexible circuit board 6 can deform depending on the structure thereof, so that the distance between the first end and the second end of the flexible circuit board 6 is changed, and the image sensor 4 with the distance needing to be changed is electrically connected with the first circuit board 3.

The camera that this application embodiment provided passes through flexible circuit board 6 and connects image sensor 4 and first circuit board 3, keeps away from or is close to first circuit board 3 motion in image sensor 4, and flexible circuit board 6 can take place deformation along with image sensor 4's removal, and then realizes when changing the distance between image sensor 4 and the first circuit board 3, has guaranteed to have stable electricity between image sensor 4 and the fixed first circuit board 3 of frequent removal and has connected.

Meanwhile, the camera provided by the embodiment of the application realizes focusing of the camera by fixing the lens 2 on the bracket 1 and adjusting the distance between the image sensor 4 and the lens 2 through the distance adjusting component 5, and can avoid the problems that the motor appearance size is increased and the motor is stacked in the thickness direction due to the fact that the weight of the lens 2 is increased and more coils 52 and heavier magnets are additionally arranged on the motor for pushing the lens 2 to move when the camera is developed to a high-pixel with a large bottom.

Optionally, the flexible circuit board 6 is bent and extended at intervals, that is, the bending of the flexible circuit board 6 is intermittent, the flexible circuit board 6 extends along a straight line after being bent, and the flexible circuit board 6 is bent again after extending along the straight line for a certain distance, such that the structure of the flexible circuit board 6 is formed by repeating twice or more, for example, the flexible circuit board 6 is in a zigzag structure, the structure can change the distance in the normal direction between different bending sections on the flexible circuit board 6 by means of the deformation of the flexible circuit board 6, that is, the included angle between two adjacent bending sections can be changed, the flexible circuit board 6 has a part extending along the straight line, so that the flexible circuit board 6 is convenient to manufacture, the bending angle of the flexible circuit board 6 is greater than 90 degrees, and the change amplitude of the distance between two end points of the flexible circuit board 6 can be increased, the electrical connection between the image sensor 4 and the first circuit board 3 is made more reliable.

Alternatively, as shown in fig. 2, the flexible circuit board 6 includes a first fixing portion 61, a second fixing portion 62, and a connecting portion 63, a first end of the first fixing portion 61 is electrically connected to the first circuit board 3, a first end of the second fixing portion 62 is electrically connected to the image sensor 4, two ends of the connecting portion 63 are respectively connected to a second end of the first fixing portion 61 and a second end of the second fixing portion 62, the first fixing portion 61 and the connecting portion 63 are arranged side by side, and the second fixing portion 62 and the connecting portion 63 are arranged side by side, that is, a connection portion of the first fixing portion 61 and the connecting portion 63 is a bending portion of the flexible circuit board 6, a connection portion of the second fixing portion 62 and the connecting portion 63 is a bending portion of the flexible circuit board 6, and further, the first fixing portion 61, the second fixing portion 62, and the connecting portion 63 are all long, the range of the distance change between the two end points of the flexible circuit board 6 can be further increased, and the electric connection is more reliable.

Optionally, referring to fig. 6, the flexible circuit board 6 further includes a connection line 7, the spacing adjustment assembly 5 includes a carrier plate 51, and the carrier plate 51 is configured to carry the image sensor 4 and drive the image sensor 4 to move toward or away from the first circuit board 3;

the second fixed part 62 is fixed in the support plate 51, just the second fixed part 62 with image sensor 4 passes through the connecting wire 7 electricity is connected, and the position between second fixed part 62 and the image sensor 4 is relatively fixed, connects also not influenced by the motion of support plate 51 through connecting wire 7 between the two this moment, makes the electricity between second fixed part 62 and the image sensor 4 be connected and has stability, and is concrete, and connecting wire 7 is the gold thread, splices between second fixed part 62 and the support plate 51, splices between first fixed part 61 and the first circuit board 3, makes flexible circuit board 6 also have physical connection when the electricity is connected, has further guaranteed the reliability of electricity connection.

Optionally, the number of the flexible circuit boards 6 is two, and the two flexible circuit boards 6 are symmetrically arranged relative to the center of the image sensor 4, so that the image sensor 4 is subjected to uniform pulling force applied by the flexible circuit boards 6 when moving, the image sensor 4 can move more stably, and an imaging effect is ensured.

In a specific embodiment, the distance adjustment assembly 5 includes a carrier plate 51, the carrier plate 51 has a first mounting position and a second mounting position, the first mounting position and the second mounting position are symmetrical with respect to a geometric center of the carrier plate 51, and two flexible circuit boards 6 are respectively mounted at the first mounting position and the second mounting position, so that the carrier plate 51 carrying the image sensor 4 is stressed in a balanced manner without displacement, and high-quality imaging is ensured.

Optionally, the second fixing portion 62 further includes a clamping member 621, the second fixing portion 62 and the clamping member 621 together form a fixing space for accommodating the side wall of the carrier plate 51, and the side edge of the carrier plate 51 can be disposed in the fixing space, so that the connection between the second fixing portion 62 and the carrier plate 51 is more reliable, and the reliability of electrical connection is further ensured.

Optionally, the flexible circuit board 6 includes an integrally disposed flexible circuit board, and the flexible circuit board has better flexibility, so as to further ensure reliable electrical connection between the image sensor 4 and the first circuit board 3.

Optionally, the distance adjusting assembly 5 includes a carrier plate 51 on which the image sensor 4 is mounted, and the image sensor 4 is opposite to the lens 2; a coil 52 disposed on the carrier plate 51, or disposed on a sidewall enclosing the accommodating space; permanent magnet 53, set up in enclosing and establishing the lateral wall of accommodation space, or, set up in carrier plate 51, wherein under the circumstances that coil 52 circular telegram, carrier plate 51 is in coil 52 with permanent magnet 53's interact drives image sensor 4 moves, and the camera that this application embodiment provided will promote the motor integration that carrier plate 51 moved on support 1 and carrier plate 51, and image sensor 4 and carrier plate 51 quality are lighter, compare in promoting the motion of camera lens 2, do not need too much coil 52 and too big permanent magnet 53 to the thickness direction size that makes the camera reduces, has saved the space of thickness direction.

As a specific embodiment, a first receiving groove is circumferentially formed in a side wall of the receiving space, the coil 52 is received in the first receiving groove, so that the coil 52 is reliably fixed, the moving path of the carrier plate 51 can be avoided, and the reliability of the carrier plate 51 driving the image sensor 4 to move is ensured.

Further, a plurality of second accommodating grooves are uniformly formed along the circumferential direction of the side wall of the carrier plate 51, the permanent magnet 53 is accommodated in the second accommodating grooves, so that the permanent magnet 53 can be reliably fixed and the space can be saved, specifically, the cross section of the accommodating space is rectangular, the interface of the carrier plate 51 is also rectangular, and the number of the second accommodating grooves is 4, and the second accommodating grooves are formed in four edges of the carrier plate 51; the first accommodating groove is arranged close to the first circuit board 3, and referring to fig. 8, when the camera is in a non-working state, the carrier plate 51 is positioned at the bottom of the accommodating space and keeps a contact state with the first circuit board 3, so that the stability of the carrier plate 51 can be ensured; referring to fig. 9, when the camera is in a working state, the coil 52 is energized to generate a magnetic field, which pushes the carrier plate 51 with the permanent magnet 53 to rise to a position where focusing is clear, and then the current on the coil 52 is kept stable, so that the carrier plate 51 drives the image sensor 4 to keep at the position where focusing is clear, thereby realizing stable focusing, and after the focusing position is changed, the system automatically repeats the above steps.

Optionally, as shown in fig. 7, the image sensor further includes a limiting structure 8, the limiting structure 8 is disposed between the sidewall of the accommodating space and the sidewall of the carrier plate 51, and the limiting structure 8 can ensure that the carrier plate 51 moves in the accommodating space only along the vertical direction to adjust the distance between the lens 2 and the image sensor 4, so as to prevent the image sensor 4 from shifting in the vertical direction during the movement process to affect the imaging quality.

Optionally, the limiting structure 8 includes slideways uniformly arranged in the circumferential direction of the carrier plate 51 along the height direction; a plurality of balls, set up in the slide, it is concrete, the cross-section of accommodation space is the rectangle, and the cross-section of support plate 51 also is the rectangle, and the slide is seted up on the four corners of support plate 51, all is provided with a plurality of balls in every slide, makes clearance fit between ball and support plate 51 and the support 1, guarantees the reliable support of support plate 51, and in support plate 51 motion process, the ball can adjust the offset of support plate 51 except that moving along vertical direction by oneself, effectively improves image sensor 4 and the relative position precision between camera lens 2 in the removal, improves image quality.

Optionally, in the accommodating space, an optical filter 9 is disposed between the lens 2 and the image sensor 4, and is configured to filter light with certain wavelengths, so as to improve imaging quality.

The embodiment of the application also provides an electronic product which comprises the camera.

While the present embodiments have been described with reference to the accompanying drawings, it is to be understood that the invention is not limited to the precise embodiments described above, which are meant to be illustrative and not restrictive, and that various changes may be made therein by those skilled in the art without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention as defined by the appended claims.

Claims

1. A camera, comprising:

the support is internally provided with a through accommodating space;

the lens is fixedly arranged on the first side of the bracket;

a first circuit board located on the second side of the bracket;

an image sensor;

2. The camera of claim 1, wherein the flexible circuit board is extended at spaced bends, the bend angle of the flexible circuit board being greater than 90 degrees.

3. The camera of claim 1, wherein the flexible circuit board comprises:

the first end of the first fixing part is electrically connected with the first circuit board;

a second fixing part, a first end of which is electrically connected with the image sensor;

the two ends of the connecting part are respectively connected with the second end of the first fixing part and the second end of the second fixing part;

the first fixing part and the connecting part are arranged side by side, and the second fixing part and the connecting part are arranged side by side.

4. The camera of claim 3, wherein the flexible circuit board further comprises a connecting wire, the spacing adjustment assembly comprises a carrier plate;

the second fixing part is fixed on the carrier plate, and the second fixing part is electrically connected with the image sensor through the connecting wire.

5. The camera head according to claim 1, wherein the number of the flexible circuit boards is two, and the two flexible circuit boards are arranged symmetrically with respect to a center of the image sensor.

6. The camera head according to claim 4, wherein the second fixing portion further comprises a clip, and the second fixing portion and the clip together form a fixing space for accommodating the side wall of the carrier plate.

7. The camera of any of claims 1-6, wherein the spacing adjustment assembly comprises:

a carrier plate on which the image sensor is mounted;

the coil is arranged on the carrier plate or arranged on the side wall which is enclosed into the accommodating space;

the permanent magnet is arranged on the side wall enclosed into the accommodating space or arranged on the carrier plate;

and under the condition that the coil is electrified, the carrier plate drives the image sensor to move under the interaction of the coil and the permanent magnet.

8. The camera head according to claim 4, further comprising a limiting structure, wherein the limiting structure is disposed between a sidewall of the accommodating space and a sidewall of the carrier plate.

9. The camera of claim 8, wherein the limiting structure comprises:

the slide ways are uniformly arranged on the circumferential direction of the carrier plate along the height direction;

and the balls are arranged in the slide way.

10. An electronic product, characterized by comprising the camera head of any one of claims 1 to 9.